What: WPP'S agencies POSSIBLE and Mindshare have partnered to help brands leverage their media and ecommerce investments across the Amazon ecosystem.Why it matters: It’s a first-of-its-kind combination of the media planning and buying, data analysis and strategy expertise of Mindshare with the ecommerce, data analysis and creative expertise of Possible.

WPP'S agencies POSSIBLE and Mindshare are launching a new offering to help brands leverage their media and ecommerce investments across the Amazon ecosystem. To continue to meet the needs of clients on such a vast platform, POSSIBLE and Mindshare have teamed up to create the first comprehensive solution for brands across Amazon.

This combined offering will leverage the full media and ecommerce capabilities of both agencies and the wider WPP ecosystem. Pairing the media planning and buying, data analysis, and strategy expertise from Mindshare with the ecommerce, data analysis, and creative expertise of POSSIBLE, both agencies will unify sales, brand marketing, and shopper and ecommerce efforts for greater efficiency and impact.

55 percent of US consumers now begin an online product search on Amazon, and 64 percent of US households are now Amazon Prime members

Measurement, reporting and analytics that provide a holistic understanding of a brand’s presence and performance within the Amazon ecosystem

A centralized source of knowledge and insight focused on Amazon Prime members

“Our clients consistently ask POSSIBLE to be their one-stop-shop for Amazon,” says Frank Kochenash, global SVP of commerce at POSSIBLE. “This partnership allows us to bring brands the deepest expertise across all the levers they need to pull. Mindshare are media experts and we are thrilled to partner with Joe Migliozzi and his Shop+ team.”

Further bolstering this offering, POSSIBLE’s recent acquisition of Marketplace Ignition deepens POSSIBLE’s expertise and experience in all aspects of the Amazon ecosystem, from supply chain and operations, to assortment planning, operational marketing, content optimization, and search management.

Mindshare will bring its Shop+ media and commerce capability, which is already an established Amazon Media Group (AMG) partner and which includes: SEO/SEM, content development, analytics and reporting as well as its status as one of a handful of approved Amazon Alexa developers – allowing Mindshare to create Skills for Amazon’s voice activated AI assistant. Mindshare will also leverage GroupM’s mPlatform capability for programmatic services and will bring this full-service solution to GroupM clients globally.

The offering will be available through POSSIBLE and Mindshare in Seattle, New York, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, London and Singapore.

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